sarah woodjetts​multi channel ecommerce consultant

And To All A Good Night!

If your Christmas jokes aren't all they're cracked up to be this year, try some of these fun facts around the table...

US scientists calculated that Santa would have to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve, travelling at 650 miles a second.

The chances of a white Christmas are just 1 in 10 for England and Wales, and 1 in 6 for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Since 1947, Oslo has sent an Christmas tree to London to thank us for our help in the Second World War.

The world's largest and biggest Christmas present was the Statue of Liberty. France gave the United States the Statue of Liberty in 1886.

The legend of Santa's infamous sleigh ride was also perpetuated from a newspaper, but it wasn't done intentionally. Back in 1955, a Sears ad printed the phone number of a Colorado Springs store so children could tell Santa Claus what they wanted for Christmas. The number was a misprint and instead sent children to the hotline for Colonel Harry Shoup, Director of Operations for the US Continental Air Defense. The calls poured in and instead of blocking the number, the kindly Colonel ordered his staff to give children updates on Santa's flight coordinates. The tradition has continued to this very day on the local news, the internet and with a special "NORAD Tracks Santa" iPhone app.

It can take between 4 - 15 years to grow a Christmas tree of typical height (6 - 7 feet).

The famous poem 'T'was the night before Christmas' was written in 1822 by Clement Clarke Moore.

Christmas Eve in Japan is a good day to eat fried chicken and strawberry shortcake.